Comments on: Libraries vs. Bookstores vs. Google

By: michaelzimmer.org » Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy: Questions & Answers

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:58:48 +0000

[...] a year ago, I highlighted some of the privacy concerns related to the growing reliance on Google Book Search for our information-seeking needs. Recently, [...]

By: michaelzimmer.org » Stutzman: Google exposes Book Search patron records

michaelzimmer.org » Stutzman: Google exposes Book Search patron records — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:14:38 +0000

[...] I’ve written frequently about how the shift from accessing information in offline spaces to online spaces has particular privacy implications. For example, strikingly different privacy norms and expectations emerge when comparing information-seeking activities in libraries vs. bookstores vs. Google Book Search. [...]

By: Michael Zimmer

Michael Zimmer — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:47:10 +0000

Hi Chris – excellent point. Norms of freedom of inquiry within libraries have (thankfully) been encoded into law.

DIssent – I’ll check that story. Thanks.

By: Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Hoofnagle — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:48:33 +0000

Hi Michael,

Not only do libraries have the ALA ethics code, patron privacy is protected by statute or by attorney general opinion in all 50 states.

Chris

By: Dissent

Dissent — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:41:32 +0000

I'll be interested in seeing what you find about libraries, as I just blogged about some new policies being implemented on a local level that seem to weaken privacy protections in public libraries.